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Riva, No. 2

Kupferstich-Kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Accession no: A 1898-403
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden, 1898, for £14.14.  

 

Paper size:208 x 302/304 mm  
Plate mark size:207 x 302 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:canvas-like texture on recto, very fine laid lines  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:generally even plate tone, slightly more pronounced in bottom left corner, wiped horizontally  
Note on foul biting:fine dense pitting across figures in foreground, finer pitting across figures in background and boats on quay; patch of foul biting in upper left corner  
Print note:two areas of ink reticulation bottom left; fingerprint and wiped ink in lower left corner  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:68 mm from left, 6 x 19 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso top left: brown round stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett, Lugt 1616  
Dealers' stock nos:'8831' on verso lower right  
Misc inscriptions by others:'finest impression Taken' verso lower right; '14/14/-' verso pencil lower right  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2060125  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.